Make a Lasting Difference in Someone's Life; Be a Hospice Volunteer

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People helping people. That's what giving to hospice care is all about. If you have a passion for caring for others, and if you're looking for a way to make a difference in people's lives, consider becoming a hospice volunteer.

Hospice gives patients who are facing a life-limiting illness the freedom to live ALL the days of their lives by offering comfort, dignity and quality of life. As a hospice volunteer, and an important part of our hospice care team, you can help improve the quality of life for our patients, as well as their families and caregivers.

Direct Patient Care Volunteers can make a difference in a variety of ways:

Activities with Patients:

• Offering companionship
• Reading and writing letters
• Playing chess, cards or board games
• Knitting, scrapbooking and other craft projects
• Participating in pet therapy
• Providing support at time of death
• Arranging donated flowers
• Light gardening
• Delivering hand-made blankets and quilts
• Running errands
• Walking pets

Emotional/Spiritual Support:

• Assisting with letter writing
• Providing respite for caregiver
• Bereavement Support
• Participating in Amedisys annual Memorial Service
• Offering companionship to loved ones

Administrative Hospice Volunteers may help in the following ways:

• Assist with patient and family mailings; assembling admission packets
• Assisting the Hospice office staff, Bereavement and Volunteer Programs with administrative tasks as needed such as filing, making copies, phone calls to patients, etc.

HELP Amedisys Hospice, Garner build a NEWPet Therapy Program and bring a smile to our patient's faces! If you have beloved pets that have been Pet Therapy certified, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator listed in this opportunity to learn more.

Quilts, blankets, handmade items are needed for our patients. If you love to sew and are looking for an opportunity to offer your gifts, become an Indirect Volunteer (no patient contact) with Amedisys.

Amedisys Hospice partners with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to offer the We Honor Veterans program to our veteran patients and their families. This program aims to pair recruited VeteranVolunteers with hospice patients who have been identified as Veterans.

Currently, Amedisys Inc., Garner office, serves hospice patients in the following counties: Wake, Durham, Johnson, Harnett, Lee, Orange, Chatham, Wilson, Wayne, Nash and Duplin.

Time is valuable, and at the end of life, every moment counts. Consider giving some of your time to make others' lives brighter. You may find that your life becomes brighter too.